Absignoe of theee



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM D. S'IYBON, OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR THREE- FOURTHS TO OBED E. WHITEHURST, GEO'. A. HINKLE, AND HENRY B. NICHOLS, ALL OF SAME PLACE.

FERTILIZER COMPOUND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 268,314, dated November 28, 1882.

' Application filed May 13, 1882. (No specimens.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM DIXoN STY- RON, of Norfolk, in the county of Norfolk and kainit, two hundred pounds; bone-phosphate,

forty pounds; lime, one thousand four hundred and ninety-five pounds. These are all thoroughly mixed together, in a powdered state, by any of the usual methods.

This compound, known as the Norfolk Fertilizer and Insecticide, will produce very beneficial effects. It is used either broadcast or in'the furrow, and it serves to prevent rust in cotton, prevents ravages of cut-worms, de- 25 stroys smut and rust germs in wheat, and isa permanent improver of soils, bringing them up to a high state of fertilization in a short time and at small cost.

I do not confine myself to the precise pro- 0 portions of theingredieuts as herein mentioned, as they may perhaps he varied, under certain circumstances, without affecting the virtue of the compound.

Having thus described my invention, what 5 I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The compound herein described, consisting of sulphur, saltpeter, salt, kainit, hone-phosphate, and lime, in or about the proportions 4o specified.

WILLIAM DIXON sTYRoN.

Witnesses:

HENRY O, PERCY, P. M. METCALF. 

